4739 - stékó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: στήκω
Transliteration: stékó
Definition (short): firm
Definition (full): to stand, stand firm

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from the perf. tense of histémi
Definition: to stand, spec. stand firm
NASB Translation: stand (2), stand firm (4), standing (1), standing firm (2), stands (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From the perfect tense of histemi; to be stationary, i.e. (figuratively) to persevere -- stand (fast).

see GREEK histemi

KJV: There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
NASB: Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.
KJV: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
NASB: "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.
KJV: John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
NASB: John answered them saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
KJV: Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
NASB: "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
KJV: Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
NASB: Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.